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13 Pa.C.S. § 9338

Priority of security interest or agricultural lien perfected by filed financing statement providing certain incorrect information

Known as the Uniform Commercial Code

The act spans §§ 13–13 (634 sections).

(Apr. 16, 2008, P.L.57, No.13, eff. 60 days)

If a security interest or agricultural lien is perfected by a filed financing statement providing information described in section 9516(b)(5) (relating to what constitutes filing; effectiveness of filing) which is incorrect at the time the financing statement is filed:

(1) the security interest or agricultural lien is subordinate to a conflicting perfected security interest in the collateral to the extent that the holder of the conflicting security interest gives value in reasonable reliance upon the incorrect information; and

(2) a purchaser, other than a secured party, of the collateral takes free of the security interest or agricultural lien to the extent that, in reasonable reliance upon the incorrect information, the purchaser gives value and, in the case of tangible chattel paper, tangible documents, goods, instruments or a security certificate, receives delivery of the collateral.

Official source: Pennsylvania General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Pennsylvania statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.